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A man who lied about his age to meet up with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl was found by police at Piccadilly railway station with condoms stashed in his pocket, a court has heard.

Kashif Mahmood, 37, told the social media account, which had the profile of a teenage girl, that he was 25-years-old. He began engaging in sexual communication with the account via Snapchat, telling her he wanted to 'kiss and cuddle' before asking if she 'wanted to do other stuff'.

Mahmood had requested the location of the child and first asked to be friends, before the conversation progressed and he suggested meeting up with her, Minshull Street Crown Court was told.

When arriving at the train station, after booking a train ticket for the account to meet with what he believed to be a teenager, police located Mahmood in his locked car, when he began 'desperately trying to remove content from his mobile phone' before the windows were smashed.

Peter Malone, prosecuting, said following an interaction between the pair, where the 'girl' said she was at school and had to return to class, checks were made and the account talking to the 'girl' "was associated with Mr Mahmood and an address in Rochdale.

Further interactions were recorded again in June and shared with police and the Regional Organised Crime Unit Network (ROCU). The court was then told how Mahmood had sent a train ticket to the account, for the girl to meet him at Piccadilly station on June 27.

"It was suspected that this was done for the purpose of sexual activity," Mr Malone added. "At 11.40, a traffic officer saw a vehicle linked to the defendant near to the pick up point.

"Officers made their way to this area and blocked the BMW. The officer told the defendant that he was a police officer and tried to open the driver's door."

The court was told that Mr Mahmood was ‘trying to do something with his mobile phone’, which officers had suspected was him 'trying to delete information', and so a decision was made to smash the window to arrest him.

Two mobile phones were seized, along with cash. Officers also found two condoms in his back pocket, the court was told. Messages and photos were found on the chat log when police downloaded information from his device.

Mahmood, who had no previous convictions, was bailed on June 29 last year with conditions, but was arrested in October for breaching his bail.

In mitigation, Raj Chopra said that Mahmood, of Royds Street, Rochdale, who had moved to the UK in 2010, had 'fallen into depression' before the incident and was taking medication, meaning that his 'thinking was diminished'.

Mr Chopra said that Mahmood had described the incident as a 'silly mistake' and that he claimed he was dyslexic, adding that family had encouraged him to use social media to improve his social life.

"He said he had never used social media before that," Mr Chopra told the court. "He said this was completely out of character and that his family had suggested he join social media. He is very remorseful for his behaviour and accepts his actions were a silly mistake."

His Honour Judge Jason MacAdam responded: "You described your defending to a probation officer as a silly mistake. That is nonsense.

"In June, using Snapchat, you communicated with a person that made it clear she was 13 years of age. You groomed her, making reference to the two of you being intimate and arranged to meet at Piccadilly.

"You claimed you're dyslexic and that a photo made her look older. If all that is the case, then why would you tell her not to tell her mother who she was meeting?

"When you were arrested you were found to have two condoms in your pocket. The evidence against you is overwhelming from the communications you sent.

"I concur that you don't take responsibility for your offending. Because you continue to minimise your offending, I cannot accept your claim of being remorseful."

Mahmood, 37, appeared at Minshull Crown Court on Monday (February 10) where he was sentenced to two years and seven months imprisonment after pleading guilty to attempted sexual communication with a child, arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence and attempting to meet a child following grooming.

He was also given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and will be on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

NWROCU detectives took over the investigation and arrested Mahmood in Manchester City Centre the following day (27 June 2024) while he was waiting in his car to meet a child he had groomed online.

Detective Constable Adam Cronshaw from the NWROCU said: "When we arrived to arrest Mahmood, his car was locked, and he was desperately trying to remove content from his mobile phone.

"We were forced to smash the window and remove him from the vehicle to seize his phone before he could delete any evidence of his actions. When we searched Mahmood, we seized two condoms from his back pocket which clearly demonstrates his intent.

"Offenders like Mahmood believe they can hide behind a computer or phone screen and avoid conviction, but this is clearly not the case. We collaborate with law enforcement across the country to safeguard children from danger, whether it occurs in person or online.

“I hope this conviction will act as a reminder that there are no borders when it comes to sexual abuse, it can happen anywhere and the impact is devastating. If you have experienced any form of sexual abuse, or know of a child being abused, please come forward and report this to police."

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A paedophile from Great Yarmouth has been jailed for sexual offences against children.

Darren Sear-Trevor, of Harley Road, was sentenced to 40 months in prison at Ipswich Crown Court.

Earlier the 37-year-old pleaded guilty to causing and inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity in Great Yarmouth in April this year.

He also pleaded guilty to breaching his sex offenders register requirements of notifying the authorities of changes to where he was living.

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A man who groped a woman at a London Underground station has been sentenced. 

Igor Lagadin, 53, of Senior Street in Paddington, pleaded guilty to sexual assault. 

The incident happened on March 24 last year after Lagadin got off a District line train at Earl’s Court station, prosecutor Edmund Blackman said. 

“He groped a young woman’s bottom as she walked up the stairs, she was perhaps young enough to be his daughter,” Mr Blackman said. 

“She followed him and challenged him. He made an apologetic gesture and said ‘I’m sorry’. He was pointed out and subsequently arrested.” 

In a statement the victim said she avoided train stations for weeks as she was scared someone would try to touch her again. 

She said: “As a woman taking public transport is always a risk to be honest. 

“This is not the first time someone touched me on public transport but it’s the first time I took action because if people like this man feel like they can touch women and get away with it, he would definitely have done it again.” 

Lagadin, who works as a porter, claimed he touched her accidentally but after watching the CCTV Judge Freya Newbury said it was clearly intentional. 

Judge Newbury said: “It’s objectifying, weird and totally inappropriate. I’m sure the defendant understands that, he may well have a mother, sister or daughter and reflect on this.” 

Lagadin was given a one-year community order including an unpaid work requirement. 

He will also be required to sign the sex offenders register for five years. 

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David Colquhoun, 45, committed the serious sexual offence against a woman at an address in Renfrew in April, 2023.

He was convicted on Tuesday, 3 June, 2025, and is due to be sentenced on Monday, 30 June.

Detective Inspector Euan McMillan said: “Colquhoun is now facing the consequences of his violent, sexual attack on this woman.

"We acknowledge it can be difficult for victims of sexual crimes to come forward and I would like to commend the woman for reporting Colquhoun. I hope this outcome provides her with some form of justice.

“We are committed to tackling all forms of sexual violence and I would urge anyone who wishes to report a crime, to come forward. You will be fully supported by our specially trained officers and partner agencies. There is no time bar to reporting, regardless of when it happened, please contact us so we can fully investigate.”

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A trans-identified pedophile has avoided prison for a second time because of his “identity,” despite breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order that was in place due to his previous child sex offenses.

Peter Selby, 71, first appeared in court in June of 2022 and was found guilty on three counts of making indecent images of children, and one count of possessing extreme pornography. The sex offender had a stash of 125,000 disturbing child sexual abuse images and videos on his computer, some of which featured children as young as three-years-old, and at least one featuring an adult engaging in bestaility. He had previously been sent to prison for four months in 1992, after being convicted on two counts of indecent assault.

Despite the fact that the judge at the time could have sentenced him to a maximum of 10 years in prison for his crimes, he instead received a slap on the wrist sentence of just 14 months, to be suspended for two years. The judge claimed that if Selby, who identified as transgender, was put in prison, the “impact of custody would be significant” for him, thus she determined he was safer living in the community, where he was determined by a pre-sentencing report to be “manageable.”

Along with his suspended sentence, Selby was placed on the sex offenders register and made to sign a SHPO, stopping him from using any in-private browsing on his computer, or downloading VPN software that could hide his crimes, for the next 10 years. The lenient sentence prompted outrage at the time, prompting Conservative peer Baroness Nicholson to call for a review. She condemned the decision as representative of a “disregard” for child safety and speculated whether the judge had “overlooked” matters of child protection. Despite the uproar, Selby’s sentence remained suspended.

But less than a year later, in March of 2023, police visited Selby’s home to conduct a risk review, and discovered that Selby had downloaded VPN software intended to conceal his internet activity. Selby pled guilty to a breach of his SHPO, and appeared in front of Judge Robert Adams, wearing lipstick and with visible fake breasts, at Newcastle Crown Court on Tuesday.

Selby claimed that he had health difficulties, including problems with his memory, and told the court that he had no memory of downloading the VPN software to his laptop. No new child sexual abuse images were discovered on his laptop.

“A VPN had been downloaded, which was active and could be used to mask internet identity or IP address when accessing sites on the internet,” Judge Adams said. “For obvious reasons, bearing in mind your previous convictions, that was a requirement of the SHPO, to make it difficult, if you were tempted, to re-offend in the way you had before.”

Even though Adams found he breached the SHPO, Selby’s transgender status enabled him to stay out of custody again.

“You have been wearing women’s clothing for the last 30 years,” Adams said. “Your family has distanced themselves from you as a result. You have no history of drug use and no drinking since 2013,” he continued. Because Selby had not offended again in the last two years, and that he would “undoubtedly be at risk of physical or sexual assault in custody because of [his] presentation in a male prison,” he got off with a 10 month sentence, suspended for 18 months, along with a £100 fine and rehabilitation program requirements.

This is not the first time a trans-identified male pedophile has been allowed to walk free in the United Kingdom.

As previously reported by Reduxx, a trans-identified male who was convicted of possessing horrific child abuse material, some of which was in the most severe classification, was spared jail time after the court stated he was “cooperative” during proceedings. Tanya Howes, 66, was allowed to walk free despite living adjacent to a children’s park.

Howes pleaded guilty in May of 2023 to three counts of “possessing indecent photographs of a child” and a separate charge for possessing 100 “extreme” and “grossly offensive” pornographic images and videos. Of the images in Howes’ possession, 29 were classified as Category C, 17 as Category B, and 39 as Category A, which is the most serious type of child sexual abuse media. Images and video in this category can depict penetrative sexual activity, bestiality, and/or sexual sadism.

The Eastern Daily Press, which referred to Howes by “she/her” pronouns, reported that the Norwich Magistrates Court acknowledged that some of the children in the photos possessed by Howes were being subjected to “horrific acts.”

Despite the severity of the crime, the magistrates decided to allow Howes to remain free in the community as they handed him a 12 month suspended jail term. 

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A paedophile was found with a folder of animated images depicting child sex abuse despite being made subject to a court order for the same offence.

She also breached an order after using a different name to access social media accounts, after she had transitioned.

Scarlett Lee, 30, previously known as Scott Henwood, was made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) in February last year when she was convicted of possessing a prohibited image of a child. She was made subject to a two-year community order, as well as sex offender notification requirements and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday heard the defendant was living in support accommodation and on May 11 last year, a support worker cleaning her room noticed a message of a sexual nature on Lee's phone. For the latest court reports sign up to our crime newsletter.

The worker notified her senior manager who spoke to the defendant, who then showed the manager an animated sexual image on her computer.

Prosecutor Dominie Patel said Lee was asked if she had accessed the dark web, which she denied but she said: "There's probably stuff I shouldn't have on my laptop".

The police were called and a number of devices were seized, including a PC tower.

An examination of the device revealed a folder containing 80 animated images depicting adults engaging in sexual activity with children.

The defendant was bailed but on March 12 this year, she breached the SHPO she was subject to after using a name other than Scott Henwood to access a YouTube account.

When questioned by police, the defendant said had changed her name to Scarlett Lee by deed poll, and believed the SHPO had been updated to include her new name.

Lee, of The Parc, Bridgend, pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited image of a child and breach of a SHPO.

The court heard she has three previous convictions for breaching a SHPO and had previously been made subject to an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.

In mitigation, Bethan Evans said her client has a number of "personal difficulties" including her mental health, being diagnosed with autism and bipolar disorder, bullying and isolation. It was also said she has lost contact with her family following her "transition".

Sentencing, the Recorder of Cardiff Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke said: "You have no regard for orders made by the court. You have a persistent interest in child abuse images, but you deny having a sexual interest in children or of understanding the SHPO."

The judge added there was "no or little realistic prospect of rehabilitation".

Lee was sentenced to a total of two years and four months imprisonment.

She will remain subject to sex offender notification requirements and the SHPO.

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A Stirling paedophile who engaged in sickening chats with a “14-year-old girl” was posting under the username “MarriedFather”.

David MacKay, 32, believed he was talking to a teenager called Sophie but he was actually being snared by an undercover police officer.

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A CHARITIES lawyer exposed by The Scottish Sun as a paedophile was spared jail.

Alan Eccles, 44, was tagged for eight months and handed 300 hours of unpaid work as well as three years’ supervision.

We told how the sicko shared child sex abuse images and chatted online with other beasts about molesting kids.

Eccles, from Bearsden, near Glasgow, also shared an intimate pic of a woman between October and November 2023.

His lawyer John Scullion KC told Paisley Sheriff Court: “The offences took place when his mental health was bad. He accepts full responsibility.”

Passing sentence, Sheriff Bruce Erroch told first offender Eccles: "You are a mature and plainly intelligent man who made a deliberate decision to act as you did.

"You must have known the risks involved. Significant psychological harm was caused by your crimes.

"Such crimes are not victimless crimes. I’ve considered the aggravating factors of all of your offences. 

"Your behaviour was, in short, despicable. You are a man of good nature who appears in the court without any criminal record and you have carried out good public service. 

"Taking all the relevant factors into account I intend to reduce the prison sentence to a high-level community payback order. Such measures will be put in places to protect the public."

The perv will also be on the sex offenders register for three years.

He is a specialist in third sector legal issues and has assisted a number of charities. 

After Eccles’ vile crimes came to light, his profile was scrubbed from the Law Society of Scotland website.

His account on business networking site LinkedIn was also removed.

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A Maidstone sex offender has been jailed after a police dog detected ‘invisible’ DNA at the crime scene.

Lloyd Cundall groomed his victim using social media platforms and convinced her to meet up in secluded areas in and around Quarry Road, including woods and alleyways.

Once out of public view, Cundall repeatedly offered the teenager cocaine, cannabis, nitrous oxide (laughing gas) balloons, and alcohol before pressurising her to perform sexual acts.

He was later arrested on 24 September 2024. An initial investigation saw detectives retrieve DNA evidence – which was invisible to the naked eye – from one of the scenes with the support of Police Dog Belle.

Cundall was subsequently charged with eight counts of sexual activity with a child.

He later pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court and, on 21 May 2025, Cundall, 27, of Brenchley Road, was sentenced to seven years and six months’ imprisonment.

On release, he will serve an extended licence period of four years and be subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) for 15 years.

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A man has been sentenced after being convicted of sexual assault following an incident in Middlesbrough.

On 1st July 2023, a woman in her forties was sexually assaulted whilst she slept after a group of people went back to a house after an evening out.

The woman fell asleep on the sofa and awoke in the early hours of the morning when she realised that one of the group, 53-year-old Jason Ahmed, was sexually assaulting her. When confronted he denied the offence.

Jason Ahmed, also known as Jake, from Gayton Sands in Middlesbrough, received a sentence of nine months imprisonment at Teesside Crown Court on Thursday 22nd May. He was given an indefinite restraining order and must adhere to strict sex offender notification requirements for ten years.

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A 25-year-old man has been sentenced after being convicted of a serious sexual assault in Edinburgh.

Rowan McKenna attacked a woman at a property in the west of the city in July 2023.

He was jailed for 10 years and six months and placed on the Sex Offenders Register when he appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday, 2 June, 2025, after being previously convicted for the serious sexual assault and an assault to injury.

Detective Sergeant Craig Donnelly said: “My thoughts are with the woman who showed immense strength in assisting our investigation. I hope this sentencing brings her some form of comfort.

“We are committed to bringing those responsible for sexual abuse to justice. We work with a range of partner agencies to support victims and carry out investigations.

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A fast-paced and complex investigation by specialist officers safeguarded a vulnerable child and ensured a dangerous offender is now behind bars.

At Chelmsford Crown Court on Thursday 29 May Chace Wiseman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for numerous child sexual offences.

On New Year’s Eve in 2024 Essex Police received a referral from the National Crime Agency.

Officers from our Police Online Investigation Team (POLIT) made urgent enquiries, with one of the team tracking key evidence online which directly linked the Essex suspect to indecent images of children.

Further interrogation of the images and videos led the officers to believe the 18-year-old suspect was in fact the person carrying out the horrific abuse.

They arrested Wiseman at his Witham home on Friday 3 January and during a subsequent search of the address seven electronic devices were seized.

When one of his devices was accessed, officers discovered a large quantity of distressing videos and images which showed sexual assault and rape of a child.

This evidence was put to Wiseman during interview, but he remained silent and refused to answer any questions.

Following irrefutable evidence gathered by the investigative team the CPS authorised them to charge Wiseman with 12 offences.

Guilty pleas

When he appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday 25 March, Wiseman, of Colne Chase, pleaded guilty to all 12 offences:

• 2 counts of rape of a child under the age of 13
• Assault of a child under the age of 13 by touching
• Assault a child under the age of 13 by penetration
• 3 counts of taking indecent photos of a child (6 x Cat A) (48 x Cat B) (75 x cat C)
• 3 counts of making indecent photographs of a child (44 x Cat A) (43 x Cat B) (93 x Cat C)
• Possession of prohibited images of a child (287 images)
• Possession of extreme pornography (20 images)

Sentenced

At the hearing he was sentenced to 16 and a half years extended sentence for the first two offences, to be served concurrently. Ten and half years to be served in custody with an extended licence period of six years.

For the further 10 offences he received custodial sentences ranging from three years to six weeks, all to run concurrently.

He was placed on the sex offenders register and is subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a Restraining Order.

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A sexual predator who thought he was messaging a child has been snared by a paedophile hunting group.

David Bloomfield, 56, believed he was engaging in a chat with a 14-year-old girl but it was in fact a decoy account set up by Yorkshire Predator Hunters. Newcastle Crown Court heard the account, named Olivia, received a request from the defendant and they began to chat.

The court was told 'Olivia' made it clear she was 14 years old and the pair would speak most days. The conversation became more sexual with the defendant stating she could kiss him.

The defendant, of Craster Gardens, Wallsend, also stated they would have sex when they met up and sent her Ann Summers pictures of underwear and bikinis he wanted her to wear. He stated he would 'peel it off her', the court heard.

He also sent images of his penis and told her not tell her parents about the relationship. He then asked Olivia to meet up with him and arranged for a date in October 2022.

The court heard on that day, the defendant was detained outside his address by members of Yorkshire Predator Hunters and police were called.

On sentencing, Recorder Peter Makepeace said: "I accept in this case, there is a feature that is not uncommon in these cases, you are generally isolated with limited skills to develop and maintain relationships. You present as an isolated, lonely, and rather naïve, certainly unsophisticated individual.

"You were arrested for these offences a considerable time ago which has increased your isolation and you have been largely isolated from your family and lost your accommodation."

Bloomfield pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communication and facilitating the commission of a child sex offence. He was jailed for two years and eight months.

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A man has avoided an immediate prison sentence after he tried to meet who he thought was a 13-year-old girl for sex.

Mitchell Taylor messaged several accounts of girls under the age of 16.

He began speaking to 'Ellie' who he planned to meet at Stoke Railway Station on May 28, 2021.

But Taylor, who was 22 at the time, found that he had been duped by a paedophile hunter group.

Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard how he told a 13-year-old he 'liked young girls,' StokeonTrentLive reports.

Taylor - who has 13 previous convictions for 27 offences - was later arrested while on bail for threatening a security guard with a six-inch kitchen knife at a housing support premises.

Prosecutor, Syed Ahmed, told the court: "Predator group STOP set up a fictitious social media profile posing as a 13-year-old girl called Ellie.

"Mr Taylor contacted the account on March 20, 2021, with a message saying ‘Hey’. The conversation quickly turned sexual. The decoy informed Mr Taylor she was 13. He replied saying he was 22.

"He asked her if she would like to be his girlfriend. She said she didn’t know as she might get into trouble.

"He asked to see ‘sexy pictures’ of her. She said she didn’t know what this meant and asked Mr Taylor what he would like her to do."

Taylor then described the pictures she could send and offered to share intimate images of himself with her.

Mr Ahmed continued: "The girl said she didn’t know as she didn’t think her mum would be happy with it. Mr Taylor told the decoy that her mum didn’t need to know.

"The defendant arranged to meet with the girl at Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station on May 28, so she could come back to his house. He was instead met by paedophile hunters.

"He denied having sent any messages to the decoy and told the hunters that ‘Kieran had been sending the messages’.”

Taylor was interrogated by detectives on May 28, 2021 and answered ‘no comment’ to all questions.

On December 17, he admitted he knew he was speaking to a child - but denied having any intention of sexual activity.

Taylor, of Greenhead Street, Burslem, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming on May 28, 2021.

Matthew Ness, mitigating, said that while Taylor had an extensive criminal record, this was his first sexual offence. He said the crimes were a result of his 'vulnerable' mental state.

He said: “At the time of the offending he was in early 20s - but he had the sexual and mental maturity of a teenager.

"Mr Taylor’s psychiatric reports show he suffers from significant learning disabilities.

"It is no coincidence that his offending completely stopped in 2021, ever since he started working with the learning disability support services.”

Taylor was given a two-year suspended sentence, a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, 100 hours of unpaid labour, and ordered to pay £500 in court costs. He was also ordered to complete a sex offender rehabilitation course.

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A plasterer from Catford who sent sexual messages and photos to a 13-year-old girl has avoided prison. 

Mark Ginn, 41, sent the sexual messages on Facebook in October 2023. 

Within days Ginn found himself confronted by members of an online paedophile hunter group. 

Ginn later pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and two counts of attempting to incite a girl to engage in sexual activity.   

The charges state that sent an indecent photo of his penis and requested sexual photos of the young girl.   

Ginn appeared at Woolwich Crown Court for sentencing on Wednesday, May 28. 

He received a two-year sentence which was suspended for two years – meaning he left the court a free man. 

The sentence includes 100 hours of unpaid work, sex offenders treatment requirements and a 10 year sexual harm prevention order. 

He will also be required to sign the sex offenders register for the next 10 years.